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History: Magma believed that she was the daughter of
Lucius Antonius Aquilla, First Senator of Nova Roma, a hidden
city in the Amazon jungles of Brazil. She also believed that
as a child she had studied that in the First Century, BC a large
number of the citizens of ancient Rome foresaw that its republican
government would be supplanted by an imperial one. Therefore,
they fled Rome and sailed to the New World, eventually founding
Nova Roma in the Amazon Jungles. The people of Nova Roma intermarried
with the Incas, many of whom fled there after the Spanish conquered
their land. The Incan civilization had been an absolute monarchy
and in recent years a faction arose in Nova Roma that wanted
to transform it into a monarchy in the style of Incan government.

Senator Lucius Aquilla was the leader of the opposition to this
faction that wished to turn Nova Roma into an imperial state.
Senator Aquilla sent his daughter Amara to live in the jungles
outside Nova Roma, disguised as an Indian, to save her from
the Black Priestess and her Fire Cult, who dealt in human sacrifice.
Later, the senator discovered that the Black Priestess was actually
the immortal mutant Selene, wife of Senator Marcus Domitius
Gallio, the leader of the Imperial faction.

Amara remained in hiding for years until she was captured by
the New Mutants, who were on an expedition in the Amazon jungle.
They learned of her disguise, but then both Amara and the New
Mutants were captured by soldiers of Nova Roma and imprisoned.
Now held prisoner by Selene, Amara was to be sacrificed. Selene
used her mutant powers to drain Amara's life energy into her
own body. The New Mutant named Mirage
attacked Selene. This distraction caused Selene to release Amara
from her control, but Selene knocked Amara into the pit of lava.

Somehow, rather than harming Amara, her immersion in the lava
awakened her latent mutant powers. Together, Amara, with her
newfound powers, and the New Mutants defeated Selene and helped
thwart Senator Gallio's attempt to kill Senator Aquilla and
seize power. Amara was instructed to go to the United States
with the New Mutants and there learn about modern civilization.
Amara did so and became a member of the New Mutants under the
code-name Magma. Amara later left the New Mutants and joined
the Hellions, and then returned to South America with the Hellion
member called Empath. Amara sensed something was different about
her homeland and its people but could not discern what was worrying
her.

Later,
the New Mutants gained a new mentor, the X-men's enemy Magneto,
who agreed to Magma's request to to be transferred to Emma Frost's
Massachusetts Academy. Her request was based on her crush on
the mutant known as Empath, a member of the Hellions which operated
out of the Massachusetts Academy. A few months later, Amara
received a letter from her father. He ordered her home to meet
with a Prince that he had arranged for her to marry. Hellion
member Empath accompanied her on the flight to Nova Roma. During
the flight there was a bad storm and the plane crashed in a
swamp.

Amara and Empath found themselves being drawn closer together
during their trek through the wilderness, without Empath
even having to use his powers. Amara was wounded while
saving Empath from a jaguar. He soon realized that Amara
hoped that they would not be found by her father, because
of the marriage plans her father had in store for her.
Empath, knowing her wound was getting infected, used his
powers to upset her so that she caused an earth tremor
and raised a small volcano. A few days later, they were
found by her father, who had located them due to her earth
tremors.

Soon after, while Amara and Empath were still in Nova Roma,
Amara was captured by agents of the criminal geneticist
High Evolutionary. The agents teleported her to a secret
base, planning to remove her powers permanently. Emma
Frost called Magneto and told him about the kidnapping.
The New Mutants overheard Magneto talking about Amara's
kidnapping and that they had located the base where Amara
was being kept. The New Mutants teleported to the base
before Magneto and the others, hoping to rescue Amara
themselves. They arrived in time to rescue Amara before
her powers were taken from her, and they then defeated
the High Evolutionary's agents.

When Magneto and the Hellfire Club arrived, the New Mutants
and Amara teleported back to their school in New York,
fearful of being discovered. Before escaping, they overheard
Magneto mention some special plans he and the Hellfire
Club had for Amara. The New Mutants begged Amara to stay
with them, but she gently refused. She knew that she had
to face her father and deal with the plans he had made
for her. She also felt that she would be safer in Nova
Roma, away from Magneto and the other Hellfire Club members
and their plans for her

Later,
all of the remaining members of the Hellions were killed by
Trevor Fitzroy. Warpath, joined
by Firestar and Cannonball,
who were all once members of the Hellions, went to South America
to tell Amara and Empath of the death of their former teammates.
While there, they discovered that Amara and all the people of
this city had been living a lie. The city had not been founded
by ancient Roman settlers. Instead, it was populated by the
kidnapped and mind-wiped victims of the mutant sorceress Selene.
She had created the city as a testament to the times she loved
most and desperately wanted to relive. The people of Nova Roma
started to regain their memories and Amara was told that her
name was Allison Crestmere and that she was a mutant of British
descent.

Later still, both Magma and Empath were kindapped by the mutant
twins Fenris, a plot that was part of an elborate and deadly
game organized by the villainous Gamesmaster. They were rescued
by the team X-Force (formerly, the New Mutants). Afterwards,
Magma decided to leave Empath and her friends, to search for
her family in England.

More recently, Magma was mentally dominated to join the New
Hellions by the villain King Bedlam. King Bedlam unleashed
the Armageddon Man, and Magma teamed up with X-Force to
defeat him, after which she departed from her friends
again

Height:
5 ft. 6 in.Weight: 124 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Blonde

Strength Level: Magma possesses the normal human strength
of a woman of her age, height, and build who engages in moderate
regular exercise.

Known Superhuman Powers: Magma is a mutant with several
superhuman powers. She can psionically control the movement
of the tectonic plates within the Earth's crust within
limited areas, probably no more than a radius of a few
city blocks. Within this area she can create small but
powerful earthquakes by psionically affecting the Earth's
crust. She can also psionically cause magma, or molten
rock, from far beneath Earth's surface to rise to and
break through the surface, forming miniature volcanoes.
Magma's power to create small earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions is linked to her emotions. She could unintentionally
create minor earthquakes and small-scale volcanic activity
by losing control of her temper and becoming unusually
angry.

Magma can also telekinetically project fiery blasts of magma
at targets. Apparently she does so by turning nearby rock
molten and then telekinetically hurling it at her target.

When using her powers Magma's body shines with intense light
and gives off tremendous heat. Her hair seems ablaze with
fiery light. Neither her own heat nor heat from any other
known source can burn or otherwise harm Magma. Although
Magma has triggered small earth tremors without taking
on her glowing form, she has never been seen to use her
power to fire lava blasts while in her ordinary human
appearance. Magma is not blinded by the light she gives
off in her shining form.

Magma can create flames and project blasts of heat that do
not contain any molten rock. However, she apparently prefers
to fire magma blasts rather than simple heat blasts, perhaps
because the magma blasts have a solid impact that can
knock down a target.

The highest level of heat that Magma can generate is not yet
known, but it is believed that she can reach at least
850° Fahrenheit.

Magma's powers are dependent upon her contact with the Earth
(or at least with a floor that is part of a structure
in contact with the ground). Her powers will begin to
weaken if she is removed from physical contact with the
Earth. However, as soon as she renews this contact, her
powers will return to their usual level of strength.

Abilities: Magma is a skilled swordswoman due to her
training in Nova Roma. Paraphernalia: Magma's costume
and clothing are made from unstable molecules so that
they will not be harmed by the tremendous heat she generates.